These productions will likely be the next to grace the A.C.A.C. stage:
| SEASON | TITLE | AUTHOR |
| SPRING 2010 | A BAD YEAR FOR TOMATOES | JOHN PATRICK |
| TITLE | A Bad Year For Tomatoes | |
| AUTHOR | John Patrick | |
| SUMMARY
| Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe leases a house in the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long-time agent, but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and gain some privacy, Myra invents a mad, homicidal sister—who is kept locked in an upstairs room, but who occasionally escapes long enough to scare off uninvited visitors. The ruse works well, at first, but complications result when the local handyman develops an affection for "Sister Sadie" (really Myra in a fright wig) and some of the more officious ladies decide it is their Christian duty to save the poor demented Sadie's soul. In desperation Myra announces that her imaginary sibling has suddenly gone off to Boston—which brings on the sheriff and the suspicion of murder! Needless to say, all is straightened out in the end, but the uproarious doings will keep audiences laughing right up to the final curtain, and then some. | |
| LOCATION/ TIME | Beaver Haven, Vermont 1973 |
| CHARACTER | CHARACTER SYNOPSIS |
MYRA MARLOWE/SIS SADIE | Myra, a television actress born "Myrtle Durdle" has given up fame for the backwoods of Vermont to enjoy the simple life and write her autobiography. Sis Sadie, a character she once portrayed, returns to help keep away nosy neighbors. |
TOM LAMONT | Myra's longtime agent, Tom does his best to dissuade her from her plans for 'the simple life.' |
CORA GUMP | A local housewife 'catty-cornered on Pussywillow' Cora is a teetotaler - with a penchant for Scotch. |
REBA HARPER | A local housewife, 'just behind Myra on Coolidge' is the head of the town 'Hospitality Ladies' |
GEORGE WASHINGTON PINEY | A native of Bat Cave, Piney chops wood, kills hogs, and traps skunks. When he meets Myra's 'sister Sadie' both she and Myra are in for a surprise. |
WILLA MAE WILCOX | Reportedly a 'witch' - her neighbors are convinced that she killed her husband with pins and needles. |
SHERIFF | Beaver Haven's sheriff - all too eager for the 'big case' to come along |